To OC or not to OC, that is the question.

[carb0n]

Hello all,

Here's the situation. I haven't been having much luck with overclocks lately. I have a pentium D 805, at stock 2.66GHz, and it's running on an eVGA 680i SLI board, along with 2GB's of corsair XMS2 C4 ram and a 7950GT KO.

I've tried various overclocks, ranging from 3 GHz to 3.5 GHz, I've upped the voltages for both cpu and ram, and tried setting my RAM speed from 800mhz to 700mhz so it would be equal to the cpu's 700mhz (overclock).
I admit I am a little new on overclocking, and I've skimmed the faq's.

I've had BSOD's once in a while, weird situations occuring in few games (for example, counter strike source had some fps increase but the in-game text had disorted, messy letters among others)
A lot of things happen.
So I'm wondering, is it even worth trying to take this piece of s... to the max?
(IMO maybe it's just because my cpu is barely compatible with the 680i board, so it's being picky?)

Thanks,
Carbon

[benbaked]

The 805 runs a 133 bus stock right? Have you tried setting the fsb to 166 to see if it can handle that?

If you want a much better chip then what you currently have you can't really go wrong with a low end C2D, such as an E4300. Shouldn't cost more then $100 US for an OEM/tray processor and it'll run much faster, much cooler, and draw much less power then your current Pentium D.

Some people overclocking E4300 chips have gotten them close to or above 3 GHz, ymmv, but even if you can only get 2.4 GHz out of a E4300 it'll be far better then a stock 805 IMHO.

If you decide to replace your chip with a C2D you'll want to make sure that your 680i can support it first, I honestly don't know if it does, but it should. Personally, if it were my setup and if your motherboard will support a C2D, then with prices of C2D being what they are right now I would drop that 805 like a hot potato and get a better chip.

[Evilsizer]

what psu are you using? what type of watercooler setup you got?
@ben
680i does support c2d's as well as upcoming peryn cpu's.

[carb0n]

what psu are you using? what type of watercooler setup you got?
@ben
680i does support c2d's as well as upcoming peryn cpu's.

I'm using a Ultra 500w psu along with a Thermaltake LCS case, which includes a system similar to the BigWater 745, but is integrated into the case, rather than the radiator being on the outside.


The 805 runs a 133 bus stock right?
Yes it does.

And I have my eyes set on the Conroe E6600, but I cannot afford that at the moment, so I have to stick with this pentium D.

[Evilsizer]

imma say with what your running the psu needs to go. depending on the psu from ultra you got if its he lowerend like i think it might be. its not worth the money, there is much better for the same price.

[carb0n]

Well, I always assumed Ultra was a good PSU company, but I know mine is a lower end PSU.
I plan on getting a newer ultra 600w modular psu later in the future.

[Evilsizer]

you better off with the corsair 620 modular unit. might cost a bit more but in the long run it will be much better and last longer.

visit
www.jonnyguru.com
for really in depth PSU reviews.